Title: SMTP for Amazon SES – YaySMTP Author: YayCommerce Published: 21 Bealtaine, 2021 Last modified: 12 Deireadh an tSamhraidh, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/smtp-amazon-ses/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2535248) ![](https://ps.w.org/smtp-amazon-ses/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2535248) # SMTP for Amazon SES – YaySMTP By [YayCommerce](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yaycommerce/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses.zip) * [Details](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-amazon-ses/#description) * [Reviews](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-amazon-ses/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-amazon-ses/#installation) * [Development](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-amazon-ses/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/) ## Description **Send WordPress emails through Amazon SES server using YaySMTP** **Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)** is a versatile mail service provider. It is a powerhouse for sending emails, but tapping into its full potential within WordPress can be tricky… until now! Introducing YaySMTP, your seamless bridge between **Amazon SES and WordPress** for turbocharged email delivery. It costs nothing to connect with AWS / Amazon SES. YaySMTP for WP SES comes without baffling configuration options. Any WordPress beginner can set it up successfully. Moreover, this WP SES plugin provides advanced options that you can’t find in other Amazon SES SMTP free plugins. * **Easy to set up**: Clear interface and simple user experience. * **Boosted deliverability**: Experience lightning-fast email sending and enhanced reliability—no more frustrating delays. * **Email log**: Set time frame for auto-delete, show/hide columns. * **Email actions**: Display, search, view, and delete emails easily. * **Send test email**: One click to send an email for testing. * **Compact UI**: Do everything without leaving the page or browser tab. * **Detailed tracking**: Monitor email performance like a pro with comprehensive analytics and insights into opens, clicks, senders, etc. * **Export/Import**: Quickly export your CSV files to reserve the email sending history. ### ⚡️ HOW IT WORKS YaySMTP plugin makes Amazon SES server and your WordPress site become friends very quickly. To enable SES SMTP for your WordPress emails, you will need to register an [AWS account](https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup#/start). Amazon’s SMTP service provider offers an affordable Pay-as-you-go plan, if not the best and cheapest. The configuration process is easy. Just follow our [WP SES documentation](https://yaycommerce.gitbook.io/yaysmtp/how-to-set-up-smtps/how-to-connect-amazon-ses), and it takes you only a few minutes. If you want hands-free setup support, just buy [YaySMTP](https://yaycommerce.com/yaysmtp-wordpress-mail-smtp/) and let us handle all the config. Our team is always ready to help you unleash the full power of WordPress SMTP and Amazon SES. ### 🎏 Supported Themes and Plugins * Complete compatibility with all themes, page builders, and major plugins. * Perfect with [YayMail – WooCommerce Email Customizer](https://yaycommerce.com/yaymail-woocommerce-email-customizer/) plugin. ### 📝 Documentation and Support If you’re having issues, do let us know, and we’ll be [happy to help](https://yaycommerce.com/support/). ## Screenshots * [[ * Amazon SES SMTP general settings * [[ * Send test email & email logs ## Installation 1. Upload the entire plugin folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress. ## FAQ ### Is this plugin compliant with GDPR? Absolutely! YaySMTP doesn’t collect or store any personal information. So rest assured. ### Is YaySMTP free? Yes, you can use it free of charge. YayCommerce WP SMTP plugin for Amazon SES comes with all the features that you can find in the description above. ### How can I further customize my WordPress emails? You can customize WooCommerce email templates by using the free [YayMail](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yaymail/) plugin. It’s fully compatible and optimized for [WooCommerce order emails](https://yaycommerce.com/customize-woocommerce-order-confirmation-email/). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0e1c5c0702f118bfe5ccc46c1386b360c3afe559fff026703caf1e9ee1653daa? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome plugin just works as expected!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-just-works-as-expected/)󠁿 [wpfewd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpfewd/) 10 Márta, 2026 AWS SES is super reliable and a great feature to add to Wordpress. This plugin takes a complicated task and makes it simple.I would however like to see an option to store the Secret Keys in the wp-config.php file rather than the database. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e6463b958f77eaf022732ed6f6aa4922141caf9a5a02ce966f660e70da559ea4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[2 minutes to setup Amazon SES SMTP with this plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-minutes-to-setup-amazon-ses-smtp-with-this-plugin/)󠁿 [eei](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eei/) 14 Meán Fómhair, 2025 I spent hours trying to get WP MAIL SMTP to send email with Amazon SES. They wanted $$ per year to use Amazon SES and I couldn’t get it to work as just a simple SMTP. This plugin took me 2 minutes (since I already had my keys configured at Amazon SES.) This was super fast and it worked on the first attempt. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ee61296c191d0af12f6959112d91800c4e1c3e8b23bed8733c0c51b963eae5cc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Look no further: the BEST Amazon SES SMTP plugin you’ll ever need](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/look-no-further-the-best-amazon-ses-smtp-plugin-youll-ever-need/)󠁿 [dylandawg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dylandawg/) 13 Márta, 2025 2 replies I’ve used “WP Mail SMTP Plugin” (the pigeon one) for years but recently i switched to Amazon SES and found they sell that feature. I think that’s a bit too much to ask for what it is.This plugin is 400kb and get it done for free, in seconds, are you kidding me? Download it ASAP.The 2 negative reviews aren’t relevant any more. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b067bdf5162a2702ba994219028c774c0889df2c9e17d14337c2313bd87a689d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and easy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-easy-502/)󠁿 [paywall](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paywall/) 16 Aibreán, 2023 Straightforward and easy to use plugin for sending transactional emails via Amazon SES. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8b3f5f7ccc4964a1241466c6a0d8058fe20450ede40d09410c9d8695a47e4521? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple. Works.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-works-57/)󠁿 [pixcil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pixcil/) 31 Márta, 2023 1 reply I installed this to work with an email plugin I already had installed. Works fantastic and absolutely amazing for a free plugin.Their other, paid plugins, look great and will be definitely considering for a later site project as most of the features are not needed for the site I am currently working on. Cannot thank their team enough for making this simple plugin free and that it is so seamless to set up. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/815532cba861e2d4a4103963efeee4283559ebd3c17e163405d03bd1bccaecb4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[500 error on activated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-on-activated/)󠁿 [Saurav Sharma](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sauravhny/) 6 Márta, 2023 2 replies 500 error on activated this plugin. [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “SMTP for Amazon SES – YaySMTP” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ YayCommerce ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yaycommerce/) [Translate “SMTP for Amazon SES – YaySMTP” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smtp-amazon-ses) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smtp-amazon-ses/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/smtp-amazon-ses/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smtp-amazon-ses/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smtp-amazon-ses/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.9.1 – Jul 12, 2025 * Fixed: SQL Injection for Email logs query #### 1.9 – Apr 10, 2025 * Fixed: XSS with special character #### 1.8 – Feb 4, 2025 * Fixed: XSS * Improved: UI for email log details #### 1.7.1 – Mar 22, 2024 * Fixed: Change text-domain #### 1.7 – Dec 21, 2023 * Fixed: Deprecated: Return type of YaySMTPAmazonSES #### 1.6 – Oct 24, 2023 * Added: 6 new regions for Amazon SES: us-west-1 (US West (N. California)), eu- west-3 (EU (Paris)), eu-south-1 (EU (Milan)), eu-north-1 (EU (Stockholm)), ap- northeast-3 (Asia Pacific (Osaka)), me-south-1 (Middle East (Bahrain)) #### 1.5 – Feb 6, 2023 * Fixed: Bcc for Amazon SES * Fixed: Title mail and Sort header #### 1.4 – Sep 8, 2022 * Fixed: PHPCS * Improved: Code #### 1.3 – Aug 4, 2022 * Fixed: Issues with PHP version > 8.0 for Amazon vendor library #### 1.2 – Jul 1, 2022 * Fixed: HTTP Response #### 1.1 – May 18 2022 * Fixed: System error notification #### 1.0 – May 21, 2021 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.9.1** * Last updated **9 mí ago** * Active installations **3,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-amazon-ses/) * Tags * [amazon](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/amazon/)[aws](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/aws/) [SES](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ses/)[smtp](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smtp/) [wordpress smtp](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-smtp/) * [Advanced View](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-amazon-ses/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.2 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ YayCommerce ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yaycommerce/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 1 out of 1 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smtp-amazon-ses/)